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Kimber Holsters

Custom Kydex Kimber Holsters

Almost everything else on this site is striker-fired with nothing on the frame to work around. Kimber is the exception. Every line we press for is a single-action pistol wearing a thumb safety, and that lever sits on the flat of the frame precisely where Kydex closes.

So a Kimber shell is not a generic shell with a notch filed in it. The relief is cut into the mold, which is the only way to be sure the safety is never being nudged as the gun goes back in.

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Kimber patterns
Micro 9, Micro 380, KDS9c, 2K11, Carbon Compact and the Ultra Carry II, each pressed on its own buck.

Single

Action, across the line
Not one striker gun among them, which is unusual enough to change how the whole page is written.

3.15 in

Micro 9 barrel
Six and a tenth inches overall at fifteen and a half ounces — the smallest thing we build for Kimber.

4.09 in

KDS9c barrel
A double-stack commander on an aluminium frame, and the one Kimber here without a grip safety.

Fitment

Which Kimber Are You Carrying?

Kimber sells three quite different pistols under one name: scaled-down single-stacks, a genuine 1911, and the double-stack guns built on the 2011 idea. They share a grip angle and a trigger feel and almost nothing a holster measures.

The other thing worth knowing before you order is whether yours has a grip safety. The 1911-pattern guns do, and the beavertail that comes with it changes the back of the frame. The KDS9c does not — Kimber replaced it with an oversized thumb safety instead.

Micro — Scaled-Down Single Stacks

The guns most Kimber owners actually carry. A 1911 shrunk rather than a striker gun dressed up, and the reason the Micro 9 outsells everything else here.

  • Micro 9 — 3.15 in barrel, 6.1 in overall
  • Micro 380 — the smaller sibling in .380 ACP

Double Stack — The 2011 Idea

Kimber’s answer to the modern double-stack 1911. More rounds, an aluminium frame, and a beavertail without a grip safety behind it.

  • KDS9c — 4.09 in barrel, 25.3 oz, optics ready
  • 2K11 — the full-size double stack
  • Carbon Compact

Classic 1911

The pattern everything else here is descended from. Grip safety, thumb safety, single stack, and a shell that has to account for all three.

  • Ultra Carry II — the 3 in Officer-size 1911

Carrying a Kimber that is not on this list — a Rapide, an Aegis, a full-size Custom II? Send us the model and a photo. The 1911 pattern varies more between makers than people expect, so we would rather measure than assume.

Know which Kimber you have?

Tell us the model and whether there is a grip safety behind the web of your hand. Those two answers fix the shell.

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Carry Style

Carrying a Single-Action Pistol

A cocked-and-locked pistol asks slightly different things of a holster than a striker gun does, and these four are how Kimber owners resolve it.

Kimber Appendix IWB

Where a Micro 9 disappears entirely. Fifteen ounces and just over six inches long is about as easy as carry gets.
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Kimber Strong-Side OWB

The natural home for a KDS9c or a full-size 2K11, which carry more weight than the micro guns ever will.
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Kimber Sidecar

Worth considering on the Micro line, where six or seven rounds makes a spare magazine less optional than usual.
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Single & Double Stack Pouches

A Micro 9 magazine and a KDS9c magazine are nothing alike, so the carrier is pressed to the one you carry.
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Lights & Optics

Rails, Optics and the Safety Lever

Kimber splits sharply here. The Micro guns have no accessory rail at all, so nothing mounts to them and the shell stays simple. The double-stack guns are the ones with hardware to declare — the KDS9c ships optics-ready with the plate sold separately, which means the height of your finished optic depends on a part that did not come in the box:

Blue carbon fiber OWB level 2 retention holster with adjustable belt straps

Red dots. Because the KDS9c plate is a separate purchase, two owners of the same pistol can end up with sights sitting at noticeably different heights. Tell us the optic and the plate together and the channel is cut for that stack rather than for a guess at the tallest thing it might be.

And on every Kimber, tell us which side the thumb safety lives on if it is not ambidextrous — a left-hand build has to mirror that relief along with everything else.

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Recommended Builds

Three Builds for a Kimber

Pick by size rather than by badge — a Micro 9 and a 2K11 want quite different things from a shell.

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Triton Series IWB Holster

$50

The straightforward inside-the-waistband shell, and the right call on a Micro 9 where there is very little pistol to complicate.

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Alpheus Series custom Kydex IWB holster by Neptune Concealment

Alpheus Series IWB Holster

$60

A little more shell around the gun, which suits the heavier double-stack guns when they are riding inside the belt.

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Black carbon fiber Kydex inside-the-waistband single magazine pouch with a metal clip

Single Mag Pouch IWB

$25

Cut for the specific magazine body. Genuinely worth adding on the Micro line, where the flush magazine holds six or seven.

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Why Neptune

Why the Lever Is the Whole Question Here

On a striker pistol the frame is a smooth surface and a shell can close on it anywhere. On a single-action gun there is a control in the way, and how a maker handles that is the difference between a shell that works for years and one you stop trusting:

  • Relief cut into the mold rather than trimmed in afterwards, so the edge is finished and the Kydex is not resting against the safety at all.
  • Retention taken from the trigger guard and the front of the frame, which keeps the lever out of the load path entirely.
  • Left-hand builds mirrored properly, because a safety relief cut on the wrong side is worse than no relief at all.

Every shell is heat-formed to order in Middle Tennessee by a veteran-owned bench. More about the shop, or go back to holsters by firearm brand.

Sand carbon fiber Kydex Veritas Series OWB holster with an integrated belt loop
FAQ

Kimber Holster Questions

Yes, and it is part of the mold rather than something trimmed afterwards. Every Kimber line we press is single-action with a frame-mounted thumb safety, and that lever sits on the flat of the frame where a shell would otherwise close. Cutting the relief into the buck means the finished edge is clean and the Kydex never bears on the safety, which matters both for consistent retention and for making sure nothing is nudging the lever while you reholster.
No. The Micro 9 borrows the 1911 grip angle, the single-action trigger and the thumb safety, but it is a much smaller pistol — 3.15 inches of barrel, 6.1 inches overall, 4.1 inches tall and just under sixteen ounces. A full-size or even an Officer-size 1911 shell has far too much room in every direction. We hold the Micro 9 as its own pattern, and the Micro 380 separately again.
It does not, and that is a genuine fitment difference rather than trivia. Kimber gave the KDS9c a beavertail tang and an oversized thumb safety but left out the grip safety that a traditional 1911 carries. That changes the shape of the back of the frame, which is part of what our shell wraps. If you are moving from a 1911 to a KDS9c, do not expect the old holster to sit the same way even before you get to the double-stack grip.
There is nothing to mount one to. The Micro 9 and Micro 380 have plain dust covers with no accessory rail, so a rail-mounted light has no home on either. That keeps the shell simple, which is part of why these are among the cleanest builds we do. If you want a light on a Kimber, it needs to be one of the railed double-stack guns such as the KDS9c or the 2K11.
It ships optics-ready, but the mounting plate is a separate purchase, which is the part that affects us. Because the plate is not standardised across every sight, two KDS9c owners can end up with optics sitting at different heights above the slide. Give us both the sight and the plate you are using and the sight channel gets cut to that combination, rather than trenched deep enough to clear anything you might eventually fit.
Yes, at the same price, and this is a brand where it matters more than most. The thumb safety relief has to move to the other side of the shell, so a left-hand Kimber build comes off a genuinely mirrored mold rather than a right-hand shell with the clip repositioned. If your pistol has an ambidextrous safety, say so — the relief then needs cutting on both sides.
Micro builds start at $50 for the Triton, and the double-stack guns usually land between $60 and $85 depending on the shell you pick, with a magazine pouch at $25. Every shell is cut once your order arrives, on a ten to fourteen business day bench window. Naming your model, your safety configuration and any optic at checkout is what keeps a build inside that window.

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Give us the model, the hand and whether the safety is ambidextrous. The relief gets cut into the mold before anything is pressed.

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